IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

Plaintiffs, the Municipality of Bayamón, the Municipality of Caguas, the Municipality of Loíza, the Municipality of Lares, the Municipality of Barranquitas, the Municipality of Comerío, the Municipality of Cayey, the Municipality of Las Marías, the Municipality of Trujillo Alto, the Municipality of Vega Baja, the Municipality of Añasco, the Municipality of Cidra, the Municipality of Aguadilla, the. [...] The Defendants have intentionally interfered with the citizens of the Municipalities of Puerto Rico’s rights to life, liberty, and the enjoyment of property as guaranteed by Article II, Section 7 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico. [...] Relying upon the deceit and misrepresentation of the Defendants, the citizens of the Municipalities of Puerto Rico and the Municipalities themselves have purchased millions of dollars of Defendants’ products, which include carbon-based fuels, which are the primary cause of the acceleration of climate change and the storms that have hit Puerto Rico since 2017. [...] Plaintiffs seek redress for the protection, defense, and economic recovery of the public properties of the Municipalities of Puerto Rico, and the common right of the people of those Municipalities to them. [...] Under Puerto Rican law, it is logical and necessary for the protection of such important goods held or distributed by the Plaintiff Municipalities that clearly and unequivocally establish the non-applicability of the limitation period to the rights, interests, property losses, actions and claims of the Municipalities of Puerto Rico on behalf of public property as part of the public policy of the G.